Nico Echavarria won the 2026 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, securing his third PGA Tour title and the biggest payout from the Cognizant Classic’s $9.6 million purse. The Colombian shot a five under 66 in the final round to finish at 17 under par at PGA National claiming a two shot victory. The win at the Cognizant Classic earned him $1.728 million and a place in the field for the 2026 Masters.
Shane Lowry finished tied for second at the Cognizant Classic with a score of 15 under par alongside Austin Smotherman and Taylor Moore. Each of them received $726,400 from the Cognizant Classic prize fund.
Here is the full prize money breakdown from the 2026 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
2026 Cognizant Classic prize money breakdown
- 1: Nico Echavarria — $1,728,000
- T2: Shane Lowry — $726,400
- T2: Taylor Moore — $726,400
- T2: Austin Smotherman — $726,400
- 5: Ricky Castillo — $393,600
- T6: Nicolai Højgaard — $324,000
- T6: Keith Mitchell — $324,000
- T6: William Mouw — $324,000
- T9: Brooks Koepka — $252,000
- T9: Rasmus Højgaard — $252,000
- T9: Matti Schmid — $252,000
- T9: Joel Dahmen — $252,000
- T13: Pontus Nyholm — $182,400
- T13: Max Homa — $182,400
- T13: Patton Kizzire — $182,400
- T13: A.J. Ewart — $182,400
- T17: Matthieu Pavon — $132,000
- T17: Sudarshan Yellamaraju — $132,000
- T17: Chad Ramey — $132,000
- T17: Zecheng Dou — $132,000
- T17: Takumi Kanaya — $132,000
- T17: Kristoffer Reitan — $132,000
- T23: Beau Hossler — $77,600
- T23: Jordan Smith — $77,600
- T23: Ryan Gerard — $77,600
- T23: Mackenzie Hughes — $77,600
- T23: Zach Bauchou — $77,600
- T23: Kevin Roy — $77,600
- T23: Adrien Dumont de Chassart — $77,600
- T23: Mark Hubbard — $77,600
- T23: Aaron Rai — $77,600
- T32: Haotong Li — $54,816
- T32: David Ford — $54,816
- T32: Daniel Berger — $54,816
- T32: Jimmy Stanger — $54,816
- T32: Kevin Streelman — $54,816
- T37: Christiaan Bezuidenhout — $45,600
- T37: Eric Cole — $45,600
- T37: Steven Fisk — $45,600
- T40: Danny Walker — $31,776
- T40: Max McGreevy — $31,776
- T40: Patrick Fishburn — $31,776
- T40: Matt Wallace — $31,776
- T40: Austin Eckroat — $31,776
- T40: Dan Brown — $31,776
- T40: Hank Lebioda — $31,776
- T40: Garrick Higgo — $31,776
- T40: Ben Silverman — $31,776
- T40: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen — $31,776
- T40: Lee Hodges — $31,776
- T40: Thorbjørn Olesen — $31,776
- T52: Carson Young — $22,992
- T52: Alex Smalley — $22,992
- T52: Seamus Power — $22,992
- T52: Michael Brennan — $22,992
- T56: Emiliano Grillo — $22,176
- T56: Chan Kim — $22,176
- T56: Adrien Saddier — $22,176
- 59: Tom Kim — $21,792
- T60: Adam Schenk — $21,504
- T60: Davis Thompson — $21,504
- 62: Billy Horschel — $21,216
- T63: Jackson Suber — $20,832
- T63: John Parry — $20,832
- T63: Chandler Phillips — $20,832
- 66: Dylan Wu — $20,448
- 67: Joe Highsmith — $20,256